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Home: Core Subjects: Philosophy Core Subjects: PhilosophyArticles:Two Cultures: Faith & Reason - Q & A - Peter KreeftAnd now is the time for you to do the interesting part, the Q & A. New Read more... (1) The Pillars of Unbelief - Machiavelli - PETER KREEFTWe need to talk about "enemies" of the faith because the life of faith is a real war. Popular Read more... (2) The Pillars of Unbelief - Nietzsche - Peter KreeftWe need to talk about "enemies" of the faith because the life of faith is a real war. Popular Read more... (3) The Pillars of Unbelief - Karl Marx - PETER KREEFTWe need to talk about "enemies" of the faith because the life of faith is a real war. Popular Read more... (4) The Pillars of Unbelief - Kant - PETER KREEFTSo say all the prophets, Apostles, martyrs and our Lord Himself. Just as we have pillars of Christian faith, the saints, so are there individuals who have become pillars of unbelief. Popular Read more... Temperance and the Art of Eating - Edward P. SriSelf-discipline is crucial for both the athlete and the Christian, especially when it comes to food. Read more... 'Tolerance' and Religious Liberty - Father Thomas D. WilliamsIn modern discourse tolerance is never just tolerance. Read more... (5) The Pillars of Unbelief - Sigmund Freud - PETER KREEFTWe need to talk about "enemies" of the faith because the life of faith is a real war. Read more... (6) The Pillars of Unbelief - Sartre - PETER KREEFTWe need to talk about "enemies" of the faith because the life of faith is a real war. Read more... Aping Mankind: A review - Mark Anthony SignorelliA devastating critique of biologism and its misrepresentation of human life. Read more... A Brief Commentary on the “God of the gaps” and Design: for high school students - Deacon Douglas McManamanThe claim that seems to be at the heart of today's popular atheism is that one does not need the “God Hypothesis” in order to explain the universe; the idea of “God” was nothing more than a way to fill in the gaps in our scientific knowledge of the universe. Read more... A Catholic Moral Worldview - Edward SriEthics is not simply a question of what – "What should I do in this situation?" – but also, and even more fundamentally, a question of who – "Who do I want to become? Read more... A Civilization at Risk: Whatever Became of Virtue? - PETER KREEFTIn an age of "anything goes", virtue is a revolutionary thing. In an age of rebellion, authority is the radical idea. Read more... A Note on the False Dichotomy between Head and Heart - Deacon Douglas McManamanNo matter how we look at it, the counsel to "follow your heart, not your head" is a confused and absurd proposition that is entirely unworkable. Read more... Aiming High: How to Grow in Virtue - Edward P. SriIf we are aiming to live virtuously in our marriages, families, and friendships, we need much more than sporadic good deeds or occasional acts of kindness when we happen to be in a good mood. Read more... Anger and Virtue - Edward P. SriFor some readers of the Gospels, Jesus might appear to be offering two contradictory messages about anger. Read more... Aristotle and Aquinas: The Vital Difference - Donald DeMarcoAn easy but accurate way of distinguishing the ethics of Aristotle from that of Aquinas lies in examining the fundamental questions they ask. Read more... Art, Beauty, and Judgment - Roger ScrutonGood taste is as important in aesthetics as it is in humor, and indeed taste is what it is all about. Read more... Arthur Schopenhauer - Donald DeMarcoSchopenhauer's philosophy may be conveniently summarized by a concatenation of three words: Will – Strife – Misery. Read more... Ayn Rand: Architect of the culture of death - Donald DeMarcoNo philosopher ever proposed a more simple and straightforward view of life than the one Ayn Rand urges upon us. Read more... Beauty and Desecration - Roger ScrutonAt any time between 1750 and 1930, if you had asked an educated person to describe the goal of poetry, art, or music, “beauty” would have been the answer. Read more... Beauty and its corruptions - Roger ScrutonIn an age of declining faith art bears enduring witness to the spiritual hunger and immortal longings of our species. Hence aesthetic education matters more today than at any previous period in history. Read more... Beauty and the Best - Theodore DalrympleA controversy recently erupted in Sweden over an article published by the philosopher, Roger Scruton, in a magazine called Axess. He argued in it that Western art no longer had any spiritual, let alone religious, content; indeed, it had become afraid of the beautiful, from which it shied away as a horse from a hurdle too high for it. Read more... Belloc’s Infamous Phrase - Father James V. Schall, S. J.No phrase by a Catholic has been more excoriated than that of Hilaire Belloc: "Europe is the faith and the faith is Europe." (1924) Read more... Benedict at Regensburg: Why It Still Matters - Samuel GreggFive years ago today (one day after 9/11’s fifth anniversary), a soft-spoken, 79-year-old former professor visiting his old university in Germany delivered a speech to a group of academics. In 30 minutes, it was all over. Forty-eight hours later, the world exploded. Read more... Pages Updated On: Wed May 22 2013 - 19:29:36
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